Vatel: Critic Reviews

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  • Elvis Mitchell New York Times (Top Critic)
    50
    A costume drama with far more costumes than drama.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)
    63
    Surprisingly tepid.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Peter Rainer New York Magazine (Top Critic)
    It's too turgid with its own upholstered pomp.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • David Stratton Variety (Top Critic)
    Further proof that all the money and technical expertise in the world are no substitutes for a good screenplay and creative direction.
    Full Review » 12 years ago
  • Jonathan Foreman New York Post (Top Critic)
    Cold and uninvolving.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)
    Impeccably directed.
    Full Review » 12 years ago
  • Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)
    10
    This putrid dish marks a new low for director Roland Joffe.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)
    90
    A landmark in world cinema not merely for sheer grandeur but also attention to dense authenticity.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Time Out
    Full Review » 6 years ago
  • Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com
    40
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Alex Ramirez Cinenganos
    60
    Una cinta digna de verse, y visualmente deliciosa.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Film Threat
    40
    Full Review » 8 years ago
  • Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com
    50
    Period costume dramas are always expected to offer opulent pageantry, but in the case of Vatel, that's all there is.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Brent Simon Entertainment Today
    75
    The richest and most intriguing portrait of period piece duty and subjugated happiness since The Remains of the Day.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Robert Denerstein Denver Rocky Mountain News
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • David Sterritt Film Scouts
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • David Cornelius Hollywood Bitchslap
    50
    A costume drama with all costume and no drama.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Dan Jardine Jacksonville Film Journal
    50
    It lacks an understanding of the harmonies and contrasts in the very society he is trying to expose to ridicule.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Glenn Kenny Premiere Magazine
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Christopher Null Filmcritic.com
    70
    Decadence befitting a dozen kings
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Catharine Tunnacliffe eye WEEKLY
    40
    May be opulent, but it's not deep.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Bruce Kirkland Jam! Movies
    Joffe's extravaganza is a hollow, if pretty, shell.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • David Noh Film Journal International
    For all the opulence, there's a distinct overall glumness in tone.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette
    A completely unnecessary movie.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
  • Paul Tatara CNN.com
    It's just deadly, deadly dull.
    Full Review » 11 years ago
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